Ice-cream measurer and dipper



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WILLIAM E. PAT ZER; HASTINGS, NEBRASKA.

ICE-CREAM MEASURER AND DEEPER-.

Application'filed December 2-1, 1927. Serial No. 2 11;.5222.

This invention is a device for extracting The lower end of the shank 10 carries a disk; measured quantities of ice cream from bulk 12 W1 and delivering the same in packages to retail customers. The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and adapted to impin 'e against the cover 2.to easily manipulated device whereby a desired prevent the ejer. or dropping from the quantity of ice cream may be withdrawn from a bulk supply and delivered as desired by a retail customer. The invention is illus trated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawing: V v I Figure 1 is; a front elevation, partly broken away oli a device embodying the iii-- vention. and

Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. I 7

In carrying out the invention. there is. provided a cylindrical body 1 having an open lower end an L having its upper end closed by a cap or cover 2 throughwhich are formed a plurality of openings 3 for the escape of any air which may be trapped underthe cover in the operation of the device. Rising from the cover 2 is a standard 4; comprising spaced side members connected at theirupper ends by a handle member 5 and reinforced at a convenient point in their height by a connecting web or brace 6, as shown. Near the lower ends of the side members 4, a transverse guiding yoke .7 is disposed between and rigidly connected with the side members, the said guiding element and the brace 6 being preferably formed integral with the side members. The members of the standard may also beformed, integral with the cover 2 and the handle n'iember 5 may likewise be formed integral with the standard thereby expediting the production of the device and reducingthe cost. The guiding member 7 has a vertical opening 8 formed therethrough adjacent its front side ,the front edge of the shank .10 are a series Y shank by a spring 17 which has one end bearing upon'the outer side of the pawl" below. the pivot 18 of the same and its other endv secured in the link, as shown and will be understood. through the opening Set the guide 7 and at its'upper end is pivoted to a hand level- 19 which is fulcrumed, as at 20, between the side members lof the standar'rhthe free, endoi the lever being normally held in lowered:

end on the lever and having its other end secured tothelhandle member: 5. {1t isto be noted that the pawl 15 is extended upwardly beyond its pivot 18 to provide a stop tooth 22 adapted to impinge against the under side raised position so that rocking ofthe pawl Wlll be. prevented and t-he pawl Wlll' consethe teeth 14 on the shanklO. This action will be readily understood upon reference to Fig. 2 of the drawing. v

The teeth 1 1. are spaced equi-distantly along theshank 10 and, it'preferred, gradu ations may be marked along the shank adurementof the cream to be delivered. Normally the parts are in I the position shown in the drawing with the. piston or; plunger disk 12 at the bottom of the cylinder 1. bers of the standard while the inner por tion of the guide between the side members of the standard has an opening 9 therethrough' to receive the shank 10 of a plunger or ejector whereby the plunger will be held to a rectilinear path in its movement. The shank 10 is preferably fiat-sided and passes through a correspondingly shaped slot 11 at the center of the cover 2 whereby twisting of the shank will be prevented and it will placedupon the bulk of ice creamso that the ice cream and pressure is then exerted upon the handle 5 to force the cylinder into the ice cream. The pressure of thebody of cream against the plunger-disk 12 will cause arrested at any time by rocking the'lever1 9 upwardly toward the handle, whereupon the ing element so that the measured ice cream pawl 15 will at once ride into engagement may be discharged with certainty and ease. with the tooth 14 presented thereto. The

but slidably within the cylinder 1 and on the back edge otthe shank 1s a st0p13' of ratchet teeth 14 which are adapted tobe. engaged by a pawl 15 pivoted to the lower end of a link 1.6 and pressed toward the.

position by a spring21 hearing at its free of the guide yoke 7 when the link is in its quently be held out of engagement with the,

VVhen a sale is to be made, the device is the lower end of the cylinder 1 will rest on 1 the. same to move relatively upward within the cylinder. 1, and this movement may be ch is of proper diameter to it closely measuring body 1 in an obvious manner. On

'lhe-link 16 passes freely jacentthe teeth to facilitate the reading of the devlce and insure accuracy in the meas-f V continued op'ening'movement of the. ejector or plunger will thus be arrested and the device may be withdrawn from the body of ice cream, the portion of the ice cream which in an obvious manner. be necessary to rock the lever twoor more to a customer.

times to effect complete discharge depending on the quantity of ice cream to be dispensed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have provided an exceedingly simple device whereby ice cream;

' may be accurately measured so that a desired quantity may be quickly withdrawn from a'bulk of the commodity and delivered While the device is intended more particularly for use in the sale of ice cream, it may be advantageously employed in retail sales of other commodities, such as butterand other articles which possessthe quality of frictionally engaging the sides of a container so as to be retained thereinuntil' pressure is exerted to 1 effect ejectment.

Havmg thus described the lnvention', I claim:

1-. A dls ensm -device com JI'ISIDO' an 0 Jen bottom container, an 'GJGCtIHg disk slida y mounted in the container, a shank rising from thedisk throu h the to 01' the conv 1 b 1 miner and provided. with graduated stops in one edge, a pressure element mounted above thevcontainer, a spring-pressed pawl. carried by said element and adapted toengage a selected stop on the shank, and'means "normally holding the pawl out of engage-. H

- r Y lever, anda pawl carried by the'link and mentwi'th the shank. l I

2. A dispensing measure comprising an openbottom container, an ejectingdisk slidably mounted in the container, a shanlt'risingfrom the disk through the top of the. container and provided with graduated stops.

on one edge, a pressure device mounted above the container, a pawl carried by the lower end of the pressure device and spring-pressed toward the. shank: to engage a selectedstop thereon, a guide for the shank and. said pressure device, andi'a tooth extending up-,'

lever mounted above the guide, a link can ried by the lever and extending through the guide, a pawl carried by the lower end of the link to engage the shank at a selected point in the length thereof, and an extension on the pawl adapted to impinge against the under side of the guide whereby to hold the pawl normally out of engagement with.

the shank. V

4-. A measuring and dispensing device con'iprising an open bottom container, an ejectorslidably mounted in the container, a shank rising from the ejector through the top'of the container, a standard risingfronr the top of the container, a lever tulcrumed upon the standard near the-upper end there of, a link dependingfrom one end of the lever, a springconnected to the standard and bearing against the 'opposit'e end of the lever to hold thelink normally inraised position, and a' pawl carried by'the lower end ofthe link in position to engage the shank.

5(A measuring and dispensing device comprising) an open-ended container, an ejector slidably mounted in thecontainer and including a shank rising through the top of the container, a standardrising from the top of: the container, a. lever tulcruined onsaid standard, a link dependingtrom the arranged to engage the shank. I I

In testimony whereof Iatfix my signature.

WILLIAM E. ['L. s] p 

